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            Supreme Court gives Republicans a boost
          
          
        
 
      
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            Cheney lawyer claims Congress has no authority over vice-president
          
          
        
 
      
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            From chief prosecutor to critic at Guantanamo
          
          
        
 
      
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            Groups wrangle with CIA over 'ghost prisoners'
          
          
        
 
      
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            New York detectives acquitted of groom's death
          
          
        
 
      
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            Vets' lawsuit opens door on suicides, poor care
          
          
        
 
      
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            Bush admits to knowledge of torture authorization by top advisers
          
          
        
 
      
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            IMF: US crisis is 'largest financial shock since Great Depression'
          
          
        
 
      
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            Irish anti-war activist refused entry into US
          
          
        
 
      
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            DHS ignores civil liberties in domestic spy satellite plan, lawmakers say
          
          
        
 
      
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            US lawmakers invested in Iraq, Afghanistan wars
          
          
        
 
      
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            Bush admin. suspended fourth amendment following 9/11
          
          
        
 
      
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            Pentagon memo approved use of torture against terror suspects
          
          
        
 
      
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            Top Bush advisers said to have enthusiastically endorsed torture
          
          
        
 
      
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            Pentagon: Colleges must hand over names
          
          
        
 
      
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            US gave $300 million Afghan arms contract to 22-year-old with criminal record
          
          
        
 
      
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            US death toll in Iraq is 'mostly white and poor'
          
          
        
 
      
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            Spy-in-the-sky drone sets sights on Miami
          
          
        
 
      
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            Watchdog group names top corporate abusers
          
          
        
 
      
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            More civil disobedience, lower turn-outs mark Iraq War protests
          
          
        
 
      
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            New Orleans faces epic housing crisis
          
          
        
 
      
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            Reforms failed to curb FBI spying
          
          
        
 
      
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            Dismal high school graduation rates violate Florida constitution, says ACLU lawsuit
          
          
        
 
      
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            Bush admin. weakens espionage oversight
          
          
        
 
      
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            UN panel finds two-tier society in US
          
          
        
 
      
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            Gulf War syndrome's chemical-origin theory upheld
          
          
        
 
      
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            Bush vetoes ban on waterboarding
          
          
        
 
      
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            New telecom whistleblower describes open surveillance gateway
          
          
        
 
      
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            Heritage Foundation still a player
          
          
        
 
      
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            US foreign policy increasingly flows through Pentagon
          
          
        
 
      
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            More people call the streets home
          
          
        
 
      
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            Half of New Orleans poor permanently displaced
          
          
        
 
      
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            Embattled veterans official resigns post
          
          
        
 
      
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            Vets break silence on war crimes
          
          
        
 
      
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            Iraq vet kicks oil drum in protest
          
          
        
 
      
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            Communities reject private control of local water resources
          
          
        
 
      
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            Supreme Court throws out suit against illegal wiretapping
          
          
        
 
      
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            Overstretched US forces concern officers
          
          
        
 
      
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            Bush's budget sidelines transparency
          
          
        
 
      
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            Defense lawyers fear loss of evidence at Guantanamo